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Common Core Standards L.3.4a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to determine understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g. traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

W3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g. where, when, why, and how key events occur.) RI.3.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

W3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. W3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Suggested Student Objectives 1) SWBA to determine the meaning of vocabulary words by using context clues. 2) SWBA to read aloud grade level text-fiction (__Destiny's Gift__) and analyze character's behavior, actions, and words. 3) SWBA to identify characteristics of a personal narrative paragraph. 4) SWBA to summarize an informational text. 5) SWBA to write, revise, edit a personal narrative.

Suggested Additional Readings __Jeremiah, Learns To Read__ by JoEllen Bogart

Resource Links [|Article on book stores closing] [|Book Review]

Activities SWBA to compare themselves to Jeremiah and make a text-to-self connection and write about something they did that took perseverance. (RL.3.1/RL3.3/RL3.6/RL3.7)

Assessments Weekly Journey Assessments: Vocabulary/Comprehension/Grammar: Fragments & Run-Ons

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